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Honolulu Police Misconduct

2022-007: Used excessive and/or unreasonable force while assisting with grabbing or restraining a detainee in an effort to remove the detainee‚ clothes without justification. Used excessive and/or unreasonable force when he struck the detainee without justification. Committed a criminal act when he intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly caused bodily injury to the detainee without justification. Failed to intervene and take appropriate action upon witnessing the detainee being assaulted or subjected to unreasonable force by other officers. Submitted an incomplete report and was untruthful and/or falsified his police report. Criminal Conduct Initiated: Assault in the Second Degree

Discharged
Pending grievance
No
Yes
Thomas John-Kaanana
Assault Falsification of records Intimidation Insubordination Criminal conviction

2022-008: Used excessive and/or unreasonable force while assisting with grabbing or restraining a detainee in an effort to remove the detainee‚ clothes without justification. Used excessive and/or unreasonable force when he struck the detainee without justification. Committed a criminal act when he intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly caused bodily injury to the detainee without justification. Failed to intervene and take appropriate action upon witnessing the detainee being assaulted or subjected to unreasonable force by other officers. Submitted an incomplete report and was untruthful and/or falsified his police report. Criminal Conduct Initiated: Assault in the Second Degree

Discharged
Pending grievance
No
Yes
Judah Kekua
Assault Falsification of records Intimidation Insubordination Criminal conviction

2022-011: Failed to lead and guide subordinates in conducting a proper investigation for a motor vehicle collision and operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant incident that involved a HPD officer. Failed to submit a proper report for the investigation. *Officer retired prior to 1-day suspension.

*1 day-day suspension
Final
No
No
Brian Taniguchi
DUI Falsification of records

2022-012: Failed to lead and guide subordinates in conducting a proper investigation for a motor vehicle collision and operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant incident that involved a HPD officer. Failed to submit a proper report for the investigation. *Officer retired prior to 1-day suspension.

*1 day-day suspension
Final
No
No
Michael Rodriguez
DUI Falsification of records

2022-015: Used excessive and/or unreasonable force when he pushed a handcuffed arrestee head first into a shelving unit and struck him in the face without justification. Committed a criminal act when he struck the arrestee’s face while the arrestee was handcuffed and caused the arrestee to sustain bodily injury. Submitted an incomplete report when he did not document the use of force and/or did not submit the appropriate form. Was untruthful and/or falsified his submitted report when he knowingly wrote a false statement about how the arrestee was injured. Was unprofessional and/or acted inappropriately when directing profanity toward the arrestee. Criminal Conduct Initiated: Assault in the Second Degree

Discharged
Pending grievance
No
No
Corey Morgan
Assault Falsification of records Intimidation Insubordination Criminal conviction Verbal abuse Unprofessional conduct

2022-016: Failed to report and/or document an incident truthfully after witnessing and/or becoming aware of an officer pushing an arrestee head first into a shelving unit and/or striking the arrestee in the face. Was untruthful and/or falsified his police report when he wrote a false statement regarding how the arrestee sustained injuries. Failed to intervene and/or take appropriate action during the entire incident due to being partial to the officer.

Discharged
Pending grievance
No
No
Matthew Ogoshi
Falsification of records Unprofessional conduct

2022-019: On multiple occasions manipulated the special duty system by using another officer’s account and credentials without authorization to bid for, secure, and cancel numerous special duty jobs. Worked and received compensation for special duty jobs that were awarded to another officer. Was untruthful when he accessed another officer’s special duty account and entered false information about the disposition of the awarded special duty jobs. Criminal Conduct Initiated: Unauthorized Computer Access in the First Degree *Officer retired prior to discharge.

Discharged
Final
No
No
Gary Hunter
Lying Falsification of records Insubordination

2022-020: Left his post without being properly relieved. Failed to obtain proper approval to work an additional overtime assignment. Failed to accurately document the amount of hours worked on an overtime assignment. Criminal Conduct Initiated: Theft in the Fourth Degree

No-day suspension
Final
No
No
Alexander Sanga
Falsification of records Insubordination Administrative
22-021

2021-003: Knowingly falsified his submitted police reports. Failed toprepare and/or submit a property receipt for the items heaccepted as found property. Failed to activate his body-worncamera, failed to document the omission and failed toimmediately notify his supervisor. Revealed his confidentialdepartmental password to another officer.Criminal Conduct Initiated:Tampering With a Government Record*Pursuant to the grievance process, discharge reduced to20-day suspension.

20-day suspension-day suspension
Final
No
Yes
Tyler Kerch
Lying Falsification of records Administrative is_failure_activate_bwc Other

2021-004: Conspired to have another officer submit a falsified police report in an attempt to have an item released to an individual who was not the finder/reporting person. Was untruthful to Honolulu Police Department personnel and knowingly falsified his police report. Attempted to log into another officer's departmental account. Criminal Conduct Initiated: Tampering With a Government Record

Discharged
Arbitration
No
Yes
Jonathan Thorpe
Lying Falsification of records Insubordination Administrative